Several low-earth-orbit satellite systems will have initial launches this year, marking the beginning of services that a Washington, D.C., consulting firm says "will fill the gaps other wireless systems don't cover."Big LEOs and medium earth orbit systems will not only be viable but will...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet signed an agreement to allow members of its Procurement Consortium to obtain antenna infrastructure from Celwave at volume prices. Cellular, personal communications services and other wireless providers are eligible.Under the agreement, wireless providers will receive volume prices on base station antennas, duplexers,...
Inc.'s VoiceNow voice paging service is priced not only to compete, but to undercut industry rates for most numeric, alphanumeric and other advanced paging and messaging services.The company turned on its voice paging service in Dallas, marketing to both personal and business users, which...
Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported the first profitable year in the company's 11-year history last week, although the victory was accompanied by a fourth-quarter net loss due to investments in two subsidiaries.Net income for 1996 was $6.4 million, or 16 cents per share, compared...
Motorola Inc. has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Robotics Inc. in a Boston federal court, alleging infringement of patents pertaining to advanced, high-speed data modem technology.The companies said they have been negotiating the issue for months, but were unable to reach an agreement. U.S....
This is the third installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. This article explores public attitudes on tower siting and NIMBY (Not In My...
A new study from the University of Toronto released last week concludes drivers face a four-fold increase in risk of having an injury-producing accident when using a cellular telephone.Researchers Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Dr. Robert Tibshirani studied 699 drivers who had cellular phones and...
CAMARILLO, Calif.-The Federal Communications Commission gave type approval to AML Communications Inc.'s broadband PCS 600 repeater. AML said production and delivery PCS 600 will begin this quarter.The product is designed to relay signals to and from difficult coverage areas such as buildings, tunnels and...
Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers multiple radio frequency outputs in a single unit.The company calls the Model 2026 "a world first" because the unit combines...
Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license to distribute Midland two-way radio products in Western Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. reported a 478 percent increase in net income in 1996 compared to 1995 figures.World Access develops, manufactures and markets wireless and wireline switching, transmission and access products.Total sales for 1996 were $51 million compared to $30.1 million in 1995, reflecting an...
ADC Wireless Systems has introduced its T1 CityCell microcell, a fiber-fed radio frequency extension device designed to increase coverage and capacity in cellular phone systems.CityCell extends service to difficult coverage areas such as "black holes" or to structures such as shopping malls, convention halls...
WASHINGTON-Utility and energy companies want a federal court to force the Federal Communications Commission to process 50,000 multiple address system applications pending since 1992, a delay regulators say is necessary to consider auctioning the spectrum.UTC, a trade group representing electric, gas and water utilities...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among personal communications services providers in North America, Latin America and Europe.GTE TSI will serve...
Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings Mills, Md.-based Aether provides turnkey solutions for accessing mission-critical data via handheld wireless devices...
Netro of Santa Clara, Calif., makes what it says telecommunications operators building networks in the new era of deregulation need-radio equipment that uses a wireless Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol.Introduced about five years ago and driven by networking giant Cisco Systems-a Netro partner-ATM allows high-speed...
NASHUA, N.H.-The Federal Communications Commission granted type approval for a cable-based personal communications services system developed by Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company.The system also has been approved by Underwriters Laboratories and Canadian Underwriters Laboratories.Sanders said its PCS-over-cable system enables PCS providers to deploy a...
WASHINGTON-Six congressmen instrumental in the crafting and eventual passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 have taken to task in writing those who oppose the Federal Communications Commission's interconnection and local competition order scheduled for oral argument in front of the Eighth Circuit Court...
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. said it will supply its Martis DXX managed access and transport network solution to P Plus Communications Ltd., a personal communications services licensee in Hong Kong. The system will be deployed throughout P Plus Communications' Digital Cellular System 1800 network."To help...
WASHINGTON-Some 116 siting moratoria have taken place or are pending in the United States since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted in February, impeding the entry of several varieties of wireless service providers into the marketplace, according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.A...
Northern Telecom Ltd. signed a three-year agreement to supply equipment to Mobility Canada for its 800 MHz cellular network. "Our enhanced 800 MHz cellular platform will allow Mobility Canada to offer advanced voice and data services complementary to those services being proposed for (personal...
Qualcomm Inc. has made a double-barrel response to claims by L.M. Ericsson that Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access products infringe on Ericsson technology patents.Both Qualcomm and Ericsson hold CDMA U.S. patents. Qualcomm has designed and is building commercial CDMA infrastructure and handset equipment for...
Oki Telecom Inc. says it expects to be first to market with a tri-mode wireless phone based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, a move in line with the company's selection of CDMA as its product niche for the U.S. market.The year 1996 has...
GREENVILLE, S.C.- Conxus Communications announced it opened its PCS demonstration system for review and technical trials.In the last several weeks, the transmission quality of Conxus InFLEXion-based system has exceeded the company's expectations, said the company.The Greenville, S.C., test system "is now open to our...
